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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had an argument with a friend about a pansexual colleague a few weeks ago. [b]I'd never encountered a pansexual person before and quite honestly, I think it's ridiculous.[/b] Now we can't even subscribe gender pronouns at all? I agree that the LGBT crap has gotten way out of hand. It would appear that we're now completely ignoring science/biology/anatomy because it makes some people uncomfortable in their skin. Um, ok. [/quote]

And if a pansexual person asks you about your opinion of their sexuality, then you can tell them that. But otherwise, how is their sexuality (either as they perceive it, or as you think they ought to perceive it) relevant to your life?[/quote]

When I can't use "he" or "she" to speak to them because although they look like a "he" or "she" it's somehow offensive to refer to them that way. See the ridiculousness?[/quote]

Why would you use "he" or "she" to speak to a person, rather than "you"?

If you don't want to talk [i]about[/i] them as "them", then don't. Just don't be surprised if they get upset, given that they have apparently asked you to refer to them that way.

Incidentally, I think that you are confusing sexuality (who you like) with gender identity (who you are). Pansexuality refers to who you like. But I don't know your colleague -- maybe they also do not feel like they fit into the gender binary (according to which everybody is either a man or a woman).[/quote]

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